Letter from John Durbin to Daniel Gans, William Hall, and Charles Black

Former Dickinson College President John P. Durbin writes to a committee, which consists of Daniel Gans, William M. Hall, and Charles Black, and thanks them for "the honor" of electing him into their society. Durbin, however, notes his "regret" in having to "decline your kind invitation to deliver the an[nual] Address before your societies." Durbin explains that he also has "been obliged to decline two similar" invitations from the University of Pennsylvania and Wesleyan University.